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tonight, the cia's secret. the attorney general is considering a criminal investigation into whether terror suspects were tortured. will high level cia operatives be prosecuted? >>> line of attack. con for make hearings start tomorrow for president obama's supreme court pick, who would be the first latina on the court. how republicans plan to use her own words against her. >>> new clues in the murder of a couple that adopted 12 children. the killers were recorded breaking into the family home. >>> and, hungry for life. a new study suggests you can live longer by eating far less. extreme dieters tell us how they live longer by eating far less. extreme dieters tell us how they stick to it. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> president obama has repeatedly said he wants to look forward, not backwards. but tonight, it looks like washington may dive headlong into investigating how the cia under the bush administration handled the war on terror. attorney general eric holder is considering a criminal investigation into
tonight, the cia's secret. the attorney general is considering a criminal investigation into whether terror suspects were tortured. will high level cia operatives be prosecuted? >>> line of attack. con for make hearings start tomorrow for president obama's supreme court pick, who would be the first latina on the court. how republicans plan to use her own words against her. >>> new clues in the murder of a couple that adopted 12 children. the killers were recorded breaking into...
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. >>> the cia is vowing to avenge in afghanistan. tonight, we have new evidence that the bomber was someone that the agency knew. nick schifrin has the story from kabul. >> reporter: along the afghanistan/pakistan, america's most dangerous enemies have a safe haven. and the cia officers killed this week were trying to break that. abc news has learned that the suicide bomber was a regular informant for the cia. a pakistani, invited on the base multiple times. on wednesday afternoon, he was driven from the pakistani border by the camp security director. he wasn't even searched. at least 13 cia officers gathered to meet him for an intelligence briefing when he blew himself up. >> the cia is trying to hunt and kill islamic militants on both sides of the border. in order to do that, they need to recruit spies. that's the highest calling of a cia officer overseas is to put a spy in the enemy camp. >> reporter: those camps around the pakistani side of the border hold the most senior taliban leaders. the cia officers were part of the covert
. >>> the cia is vowing to avenge in afghanistan. tonight, we have new evidence that the bomber was someone that the agency knew. nick schifrin has the story from kabul. >> reporter: along the afghanistan/pakistan, america's most dangerous enemies have a safe haven. and the cia officers killed this week were trying to break that. abc news has learned that the suicide bomber was a regular informant for the cia. a pakistani, invited on the base multiple times. on wednesday...
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in washington, no one wanted to talk publicly about the massive cia failure. at the state department -- >> i'm certainly not going to comment on anything having to do with intelligence. >> reporter: or at the white house. >> i'm not going to comment on it -- on intelligence matters from here. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> a former head of the fbi is now leading penn state's investigation into the sex abuse scandal. louis freeh says he will go back as far as 1975, as he looks into the case. freeh says he will look at any evidence that the crime was given to the proper thoughts. a hotline and e-mail address has been set up for anyone with information about the case. >>> as more alleged victims come forward, it now appears inevitable that jerry sandusky will face even more sex charges. his lawyer says he worries that the former coach will be behind bars before christmas. we'll have more on our exclusive interview with the attorney late on "good morning america." >>> students at u.c. davis are calling on the head of the school to resign after fr
in washington, no one wanted to talk publicly about the massive cia failure. at the state department -- >> i'm certainly not going to comment on anything having to do with intelligence. >> reporter: or at the white house. >> i'm not going to comment on it -- on intelligence matters from here. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> a former head of the fbi is now leading penn state's investigation into the sex abuse scandal. louis freeh says he will go...
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secretive than the cia, the roman catholic church. gonzalez says he is the son of this man, father marsial maciel. the founder and leader of a prominent financially prosperous and politically conservative catholic order, the legionaries of christ. a man with a double life. >> he always told my mom he was a busy man. he was fly on trips because of the business of the company. >> reporter: gonzalez says he did not learn his father's real occupation until he saw him on the cover of a magazine. in clerical gabrb. >> i want justice for all the victims of sexual abuse. >> reporter: today lawyers for gonzalez filed suit against the legionaries of christ, alleging he too was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of his own father who died two years ago. >> he's one of the many, many kid kids and others abused and deceived by maciel. >> reporter: it was a deception worthy of the cia. for 17 years, gonzalez says he never saw the man he called "father" in clerical garb. this was maciel on a trip to the beach in columbia. here in shorts on a hike
secretive than the cia, the roman catholic church. gonzalez says he is the son of this man, father marsial maciel. the founder and leader of a prominent financially prosperous and politically conservative catholic order, the legionaries of christ. a man with a double life. >> he always told my mom he was a busy man. he was fly on trips because of the business of the company. >> reporter: gonzalez says he did not learn his father's real occupation until he saw him on the cover of a...
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he went so far as to name the cia's local station chief. but there was more than meets the eye. according to a senior pakistani official, the press conference and protest were payback for something happening 7,000 miles away. a court case in brooklyn that linked pakistan spy agency with the massacre in mumbai india. one sending the other a message. >> they said they didn't intent what happened next. because his cover was blown, the station chief had to blee. >> being the station chief in islamabad is a tricky job. you have an alli who is tricky and an intelligence service that plays a double game. >> the u.s. is pushing pack tan to to more to crack down on militants while the cia has launched 110 drone attacks this year. but success here will only come if the cia and pakistan cooperate, and today's retaliation is a sign there's less support than suspicion. nick schifrin. >>> also overseas tonight in europe, heavy snows and bitter cold are causing misery and chaos chaos. more than 1,000 flights have been canceled. countless drivers have been stranded. frustrated drivers trying to
he went so far as to name the cia's local station chief. but there was more than meets the eye. according to a senior pakistani official, the press conference and protest were payback for something happening 7,000 miles away. a court case in brooklyn that linked pakistan spy agency with the massacre in mumbai india. one sending the other a message. >> they said they didn't intent what happened next. because his cover was blown, the station chief had to blee. >> being the station...
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brian ross brings us the story. >> reporter: as the cia mourns its dead from the attack, the questions grow about how professional spies could have been so taken in, failing to spot a double agent, and letting a suicide bomber into their midst. the cia's afghan outpost at forward operating base chamman is in the middle of enemy territory, not far from the pakistan border, and the nerve center in the hunt for osama bin laden. security here is supposed to be tight, new nick schifrin of abc news reports the bomber was escorted around the checkpoints. >> reporter: he'd been to the base half a dozen times. and because of the information he claimed he had, the cia officers told the local guards not to search him as he went past three layers of security. >> reporter: the cia thought its informant was bringing information about the location of al qaeda number two, ayman al sa wary. operatives gathered to hear the report when the bomb went off. >> normally when you meet an asset like this, you have one, maybe two people. so i think people are going to point out inside the agency they shouldn't
brian ross brings us the story. >> reporter: as the cia mourns its dead from the attack, the questions grow about how professional spies could have been so taken in, failing to spot a double agent, and letting a suicide bomber into their midst. the cia's afghan outpost at forward operating base chamman is in the middle of enemy territory, not far from the pakistan border, and the nerve center in the hunt for osama bin laden. security here is supposed to be tight, new nick schifrin of abc...
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and somehow he became involved with petraeus and the other generals and the cia thing. wait a minute. this rings a bell. oh, yes. at the fbi, j. edgar hoover used to do the same thing. except it was usually in a backless evening gown. >> yeah. >> president obama gave his first press conference since being re-elected. and a lot of people are saying it looked like he was trying to cover up some of his gray hair. so, i guess obama's major goals include jobs for women and just for men. >> by the way, if you're looking for a job, facebook just launched a new app that may be of use to you. they teamed up with the department of label to create what they call the social jobs app. you can brows through 200 jobless claims. you know it's bad when facebook tells you get off your as and get a job. facebook has an app that will help you lose your job. it's called facebook. try it. >> very true, jimmy.
and somehow he became involved with petraeus and the other generals and the cia thing. wait a minute. this rings a bell. oh, yes. at the fbi, j. edgar hoover used to do the same thing. except it was usually in a backless evening gown. >> yeah. >> president obama gave his first press conference since being re-elected. and a lot of people are saying it looked like he was trying to cover up some of his gray hair. so, i guess obama's major goals include jobs for women and just for men....
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it didn't involve a cia personnel it was a contractor personnel. that individual has been sentenced and is doing time. the matter has been dealt with. now we have a political move coming back. supposedly without the approval of the president going to do a complete review or investigation on cia and personnel. we could talk about the negative consequences of that. about the terrible precedence that has and agencies involved, cia personnel involved in a difficult program approved by the justice department, security council and bush administration and then when a new administration comes in it's political. they may find themselves dragged up before a grand jury or have to hire attorneys on their own. it's a terrible, terrible business. >> he called it a possibly dangerous act. >> dick cheney has shown through the years frankly a disrespect of the constitution, disrespect for the law. i'm not surprised he's up sit by. this. >> he believes they went outside of the bounds of the guidelines they were given or justified. do you believe that. >> there was a
it didn't involve a cia personnel it was a contractor personnel. that individual has been sentenced and is doing time. the matter has been dealt with. now we have a political move coming back. supposedly without the approval of the president going to do a complete review or investigation on cia and personnel. we could talk about the negative consequences of that. about the terrible precedence that has and agencies involved, cia personnel involved in a difficult program approved by the justice...
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according to the cia director, leon panetta. cia also under fire for not sharing intelligence the proper way, not prioritizing the information. they've promised to get information out within 48 hours. president obama was not inclined to fire anyone for these failures. the fact that this bombing came in the wake of the christmas bombing plot made it, it would have devastated morale in the agency had he removed anybody in the cia. >> a new book coming out this week about the 2008 presidential race. some comments from the senate democratic leader, harry reed getting a lot of attention. they quote him as saying he could do well as a candidate because he was light skinned and didn't speak with a negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. reid's apologized for the comments. the president said the book is closed on this. is it? >> reid was in trouble already. he's up for re-election and behind both possible opponents. he's got a 52% unfavorable rating in the state of nevada. this was a private conversation. meant to be private with th
according to the cia director, leon panetta. cia also under fire for not sharing intelligence the proper way, not prioritizing the information. they've promised to get information out within 48 hours. president obama was not inclined to fire anyone for these failures. the fact that this bombing came in the wake of the christmas bombing plot made it, it would have devastated morale in the agency had he removed anybody in the cia. >> a new book coming out this week about the 2008...
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was made by the cia. as one of its jets sneaked up behind what was mistakenly thought to be a drug plane flying along the border of peru and brazil. they were preparing to have it shot down. >> we're trying to remain covert at this point. >> reporter: the cia could not have been more wrong about who was on the plane. they were american missionaries from michigan, jim and veronica bowers. also on board the plane was the bowers' then 6-year-old son corey, and their infant daughter charity. over the course of one hour and 49 minutes the cia personnel would never correct their mistake, and in fact, would violate again and again what was thought by the white house to be strict rules of engagement, including verifying the tail number of the plane. that did not happen. >> you know, we can go up and attempt the tail number. but if he is dirty and he detects us, he makes a right turn immediately and we can't chase him. >> reporter: when the peruvian air force arrived and issued a warning in spanish, we will shoot
was made by the cia. as one of its jets sneaked up behind what was mistakenly thought to be a drug plane flying along the border of peru and brazil. they were preparing to have it shot down. >> we're trying to remain covert at this point. >> reporter: the cia could not have been more wrong about who was on the plane. they were american missionaries from michigan, jim and veronica bowers. also on board the plane was the bowers' then 6-year-old son corey, and their infant daughter...
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. >>> new revelations this morning about the cia's hunting of osama bin laden. it comes from an abc news exclusive. the first interview with krooir director leon pan net since he took office. >> reporter: where is osama bin laden? in an interview with abc's jake tapper on "this week," the cia director says the u.s. hasn't had good intelligence on his whereabouts for years. >> he is in very deep hiding. he's in an area of the tribal areas in pakistan. >> reporter: but panetta says drone bombers and a surge of troops have brought al qaeda to its weakest point since 9/11. >> we are engaged in the most aggressive operations in the history of the cia in that part of the world. and the result is that we are disrupting their leadership. >> reporter: and that, panetta says, will lead to bin laden's defeat, wherever he is. the nation's spy master also had a chilling warning on iran. the last national intelligence estimate says in 2003, iran halted its nuclear weapons program. panetta says that is no longer true. >> they continue to develop their nuclear capability. >> re
. >>> new revelations this morning about the cia's hunting of osama bin laden. it comes from an abc news exclusive. the first interview with krooir director leon pan net since he took office. >> reporter: where is osama bin laden? in an interview with abc's jake tapper on "this week," the cia director says the u.s. hasn't had good intelligence on his whereabouts for years. >> he is in very deep hiding. he's in an area of the tribal areas in pakistan. >>...
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and kills suspected terrorists. >> if i were to go to cia and the cia was involve in any type of lethal activity, i would damn well make sure this committee had that information. absolutely. >> reporter: brennan refused to confirm that the u.s. was being hind the 2011 strike that killed an american citizen al qaeda leader anwar al awlaki, born in new mexico. but he forcefully defended making him a target. >> he was intimately involved in activities that were designed to kill innocent men, women and children and mostly americans. he was determined to do that. >> reporter: critics say the administration has relied so heavily on targeted killings that they don't even try to capture terrorists anymore. brennan said that's not true. >> there's not been an occasion that i'm aware of where we had the opportunity to capture a terrorist and we didn't. >> reporter: the drone strikes have come under intense criticism for killing innocent bystanders, something the u.s. has never specifically acknowledg acknowledged. >> i believe we need to acknowledge it. we need to acknowledge it publicly. >> repo
and kills suspected terrorists. >> if i were to go to cia and the cia was involve in any type of lethal activity, i would damn well make sure this committee had that information. absolutely. >> reporter: brennan refused to confirm that the u.s. was being hind the 2011 strike that killed an american citizen al qaeda leader anwar al awlaki, born in new mexico. but he forcefully defended making him a target. >> he was intimately involved in activities that were designed to kill...
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the cia never asked them to kill the story. very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. they said it's safe to run the story. they ran it. they needed an extra day. they wanted their pr plan to go in place. now, what happens is, other news organizations is going to be less trusting of the government. >> but, ron is right. it extends worldwide. we're the standard bearer of freedom of the press. suppressing information, they'll look to the united states, oh, well, president obama is doing that to their press we can do it, too. ron is absolutely right. look, we're going too take your logs out, it's all about relationship and trust. and if those sources say, hey, i'm not going to do this because in fear of possible investigation or what have you, that's a problem for us to disseminate fact chul information. >> one of the reasons the ap should have been consulted. i think there's a strong case to be made that the white house or the justice department could have gone to a court and had them adjudicate it as
the cia never asked them to kill the story. very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. they said it's safe to run the story. they ran it. they needed an extra day. they wanted their pr plan to go in place. now, what happens is, other news organizations is going to be less trusting of the government. >> but, ron is right. it extends worldwide. we're the standard bearer of freedom of the press. suppressing information, they'll look to the...
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when we come back, the possible criminal investigation into cia practices. it's sending shock waves through washington. >> we'll look at the points of view involved in a spy agency probe. >> as we have been reporting, attorney general eric holder is being pressured to investigate whether former vice president cheney ordered a secrettowner terror program at the cia. >> some of that pressure came from guests on the sunday morning talk shows including "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> senator durbin, do you think this has to be investigated? >> absolutely it does. we have a system of checks and balances. there is accountability in our constitution. the executive branch of government cannot create programs like these programs and keep congress in the dark. there is a requirement for disclosure. it has to be done in an appropriate way so it doesn't jeopardize our national security but to have a massive program that is concealed from the leaders in congress is not on inappropriate, it could be illegal. >> so you want the intelligence committee to look int
when we come back, the possible criminal investigation into cia practices. it's sending shock waves through washington. >> we'll look at the points of view involved in a spy agency probe. >> as we have been reporting, attorney general eric holder is being pressured to investigate whether former vice president cheney ordered a secrettowner terror program at the cia. >> some of that pressure came from guests on the sunday morning talk shows including "this week" with...
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with more on the allegations of abuse against the cia, here's our john cochran. >> reports on cia interrogation tactics have ranged from water boarding to sleep deprivation. now allegations that a handgun and electric drill were used to try it break down an collide commander. part of a classified report to be made public say the cia wanted to frighten him into thinking he would be shot or ter cherred. former cia agent bob bayier says federal law prohibits threatening a prisoner why death. >> i think it's clear laws have been violated. frankly myself i don't see how we can let this pass. >> reporter: president obama has seemed unenthusiastic about prosecuting cia officials. >> i don't want them to suddenly feel like they've got to spend all their time looking over their shoulders and lawyering. >> reporter: but mr. obama says the decision is up to attorney general eric holder, who could name a special prosecutor to investigate the bush years. >> my obligation as the head of the justice department is to make sure that the laws are followed and to the extent that we find that laws were broken to h
with more on the allegations of abuse against the cia, here's our john cochran. >> reports on cia interrogation tactics have ranged from water boarding to sleep deprivation. now allegations that a handgun and electric drill were used to try it break down an collide commander. part of a classified report to be made public say the cia wanted to frighten him into thinking he would be shot or ter cherred. former cia agent bob bayier says federal law prohibits threatening a prisoner why death....
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it was only 48 hours ago, on wednesday in pakistan, that officials say the cia developed the information. three men, including at least one american citizen, had traveled to the u.s. in mid-august, from pakistan, through dubai. a sign assigned to attack new york or washington with a vehicle bomb on september 10th, 11 or 12th. the information, very specific but still unconfirmed. >> it's uncorroborated. that means there's only the one source. none of our other sources are saying the same thing. and so far, we haven't been able to actually find any evidence in the real world that the report is true. >> reporter: late wednesday night, the intell jenls was related to washington and cia headquarters. rly thursday at the white house, the president and the vice president received the first of several briefings on the threat. >> we don't have the smoking gun but we do have talk about using a car bomb. >> reporter: thursday night, as the president arrived to address congress, the fbi and the cia were in high gear. >> you use all the resources that we have. people are working 24/7 on this issue. >
it was only 48 hours ago, on wednesday in pakistan, that officials say the cia developed the information. three men, including at least one american citizen, had traveled to the u.s. in mid-august, from pakistan, through dubai. a sign assigned to attack new york or washington with a vehicle bomb on september 10th, 11 or 12th. the information, very specific but still unconfirmed. >> it's uncorroborated. that means there's only the one source. none of our other sources are saying the same...
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it was a week later he became cia director. friends say the affair ended four months ago about the time jill kelly received the e-mails. they also say the was pelt ras who ended the relationship. friend expect he and his wife of 38 years, holly to survive this. larry jacobs, ax newbc news, ne york. >> soap opera like drama. go ahead. i know you have hey lot of reaction. i know you do. >> first, i think it was shocking to many of us that the cia director would throw away his career, really, for something look this. any one that worked for the federal government and spy agencies, or u.s. attorneys offices, or, or anywhere, you know that this type of thing is just, if it ever comes out, your career. >> could cost you everything. >> could cost you everything. i have got to till you on another note. you look at the pictures of this woman. she has got the crazy eyes. >> you think she looks a little wacky? >> for me. it's clear she is sending these harassing e-mails. and people have said. >> he ended it a couple months back. maybe she
it was a week later he became cia director. friends say the affair ended four months ago about the time jill kelly received the e-mails. they also say the was pelt ras who ended the relationship. friend expect he and his wife of 38 years, holly to survive this. larry jacobs, ax newbc news, ne york. >> soap opera like drama. go ahead. i know you have hey lot of reaction. i know you do. >> first, i think it was shocking to many of us that the cia director would throw away his career,...
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among them the heads of the cia and national security agency. secretary of defense gates, secretary of state clinton. >> we are conducting an internal review. the president has called for a whole of government review. >> reporter: fbi director mueller will give an update on the investigation. attorney general holder will give an update on the mrs. of umar abdulmutallab. president obama will hear the two reviews he ordered. homeland security secretary napolitano will present one on detecting threats to airline and john brennan will present his findings on intelligence failures. each agency head will discuss the findings of their own internal reviews. white house sources say the president will then present concrete reforms. in addition to the increased screening of passengers from 14 select countries with serious al qaeda presences, the administration is scrubbing its expansive terrorist databases and adding individuals to the smaller lists of passengers who must be screened before flights. or the no-fly listment and they'll get tough wher it come
among them the heads of the cia and national security agency. secretary of defense gates, secretary of state clinton. >> we are conducting an internal review. the president has called for a whole of government review. >> reporter: fbi director mueller will give an update on the investigation. attorney general holder will give an update on the mrs. of umar abdulmutallab. president obama will hear the two reviews he ordered. homeland security secretary napolitano will present one on...
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i think a far scarier story is what happened to the cia outpost. they were able to use a double azwroent bloip and kill six or seven cia agents. i think al qaeda has been weakened. we've killed a lot of those people over the last couple of years. it shows their cunning, relative smis occasion. for all the focus on the airlines, that the next effort is not going to be an airline effort. >> what is especially scary about the attack in afghanistan, you saw cooperation of the taliban in pakistan in afghanistan and al qaeda in the east. >> there's all kinds of groups trying to claim credit for this. >> can i add something. i think what al is saying is important, in addition to constant presidential steward ship, we have to have intelligence. the way you get intelligence is to be able to capture senior leaders and interrogate them. when the president released information on how we successfully interrogated al qaeda leader, and then stopped doing that, he's take an tool out of our arsenal. >> there are a couple of big, big threats. b biological, nuclear.
i think a far scarier story is what happened to the cia outpost. they were able to use a double azwroent bloip and kill six or seven cia agents. i think al qaeda has been weakened. we've killed a lot of those people over the last couple of years. it shows their cunning, relative smis occasion. for all the focus on the airlines, that the next effort is not going to be an airline effort. >> what is especially scary about the attack in afghanistan, you saw cooperation of the taliban in...
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general eric holder decided to name a special prosecutor after a newly-released report said that the cia used not just water boarding, but a handgun and an electric drill to threaten terror suspects. now, dick cheney says politics drove the decision to investigation those techniques. >> i think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage long-term to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions without having to worry about what the next administration's going to say about it. >> deke dick cheney has shown through the years, frankly, a disrespect for the constitution, for sharing of information with congress, respect for the law, and i'm not surprised that he is upset about this. >> reporter: cheney's daughter said the bush administration found no reason to prosecute cia officials. >> we are now opening clearly what is a political investigation at a moment when we need the cia focused on keeping the nation safe. >> reporter: the former vice president also accused president obama of caving in to left wing democrats and hiding behin
general eric holder decided to name a special prosecutor after a newly-released report said that the cia used not just water boarding, but a handgun and an electric drill to threaten terror suspects. now, dick cheney says politics drove the decision to investigation those techniques. >> i think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage long-term to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions without having to worry about what...
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but you can expect that his choice to run the cia will face sharp questions about this later this week at his confirmation hearings. and some in congress are trying to impose limits on the administration's ability to use drone strikes. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and as congress tries to limit those drone strikes, the president has his own message for capitol hill about the economy. on march 1st, deep cuts to government spending will kick in. so, the president is telling lawmakers, if they cannot get a big deal together by that date, they should, at the very least, pass a short-term agreement. but right now, there's no indication the lawmakers are close to any kind of agreement. >>> and mr. obama has a visit to the middle east on his agenda. the president will go to israel this spring, his first trip there since 2008, when he was a presidential candidate. while he's there, he will visit the west bank and jordan. >>> in the region right now, iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, is visiting egypt. he was forced to cut short a visit to a mosque in cairo yesterday, whe
but you can expect that his choice to run the cia will face sharp questions about this later this week at his confirmation hearings. and some in congress are trying to impose limits on the administration's ability to use drone strikes. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and as congress tries to limit those drone strikes, the president has his own message for capitol hill about the economy. on march 1st, deep cuts to government spending will kick in. so, the president is...
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blaming careless cia procedures for blowing their covers. more now from abc's brian ross. >> reporter: in iran the loss is a huge, embarrassing intelligence set back especially with the country on the verge of building a nuclear weapon. >> the united states blind in the mideast could only hurt this country's national security. and in its very significant way. >> reporter: the cia only realized how bad it was after viewing a news story on state-run tv in iran. usually labeled lies and propaganda by the u.s., american officials say this broadcast actually revealed some cia sources and methods. the program even showed the web sites of several companies that the iranians said were cia fronts used for covert communications. u.s. agents used these identities to contract iranian citizens who they targeted for covert operations. >> reporter: in lebanon, most of the cia spy network inside the terror group hezbollah has also been compromised. u.s. officials said part of the blame they say goes to sloppy procedures by cia officers in beirut. >> we have
blaming careless cia procedures for blowing their covers. more now from abc's brian ross. >> reporter: in iran the loss is a huge, embarrassing intelligence set back especially with the country on the verge of building a nuclear weapon. >> the united states blind in the mideast could only hurt this country's national security. and in its very significant way. >> reporter: the cia only realized how bad it was after viewing a news story on state-run tv in iran. usually labeled...
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it's an important debate that has to be had, but the cia, the criticism from the cia, they're not the only ones criticizing this. senator john mccain who himself was tortured as a p.o.w., says we think this movie glamorizes the role of torture and they insist that is not what happened and not the main reason why they were able to get to osama bin laden. >> and leon panetta said when he was the cia chief they did use enhanced interrogation techniques. i remember when this film was postponed. it was supposed to be released in october, but they thought it would help the president win re-election. and so they waited until after the election to then release the film instead of doing it in october. >> are you going to see it? >> i'm interested. i think what we do in this business, i'm interesting to see how hollywood is going to portray it. i'm just curious. >> as our viewers know, i cover that region, pakistan and afghanistan for abc news. i guarantee they are not running that film in any theater in either of those countries. so if i'm going to see it, it's going to be here. >> bet ore do
it's an important debate that has to be had, but the cia, the criticism from the cia, they're not the only ones criticizing this. senator john mccain who himself was tortured as a p.o.w., says we think this movie glamorizes the role of torture and they insist that is not what happened and not the main reason why they were able to get to osama bin laden. >> and leon panetta said when he was the cia chief they did use enhanced interrogation techniques. i remember when this film was...
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. >>> months after a double-agent's deadly attack on cia employees in afghanistan, major changes are now coming to the agency. a new report finds the cia ignored critical warnings about the agent who set off that bomb that killed seven last december. it also found security at the base was not adequate. but the head of the cia says no one will be fired or disciplined for the attack. >>> the president meets with his security team on afghanistan before heading back on the campaign trail later today. >> the president flies to portland, where he will rally voters in the oregon governor's race. then, it's on to more high-profile races in california. >> emily schmidt is joining us from washington with more on the democrats' strategy with just 13 days before the vote. hi, emily. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. the white house is hoping that the president's next few days will show how the west was won. he is campaigning all along the west coast, in tightly-contested races that may bell determine who controls congress. president obama's next four days are all about november.
. >>> months after a double-agent's deadly attack on cia employees in afghanistan, major changes are now coming to the agency. a new report finds the cia ignored critical warnings about the agent who set off that bomb that killed seven last december. it also found security at the base was not adequate. but the head of the cia says no one will be fired or disciplined for the attack. >>> the president meets with his security team on afghanistan before heading back on the...
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instead, he killed seven american cia officers. the bomber was jordanian. hand-delivered to the cia as a trusted informant by an officer who was a member of jordan's royal family. the cia trusted the informant enough to let him visit the camp multiple times. >> you're talking about an institutional nightmare. because this was a recruited agent who was invited onto this base. somebody they trusted that proved fatal. >> reporter: fatal for americans like jeremy wise. his family created a facebook page in memorial. wise was a former navy s.e.a.l. jeremy was doing what he wanted to do, said one friend on facebook. his smiling snapshots striking for how very normal they seem. >> it's not like it is in the movies. if you look at the profiles of most of the people who join the cia since 9/11, they used to be cops. they used to be security guards. they used to be in the military. >> reporter: harold brown jr. left behind a wife and three young children. in his hometown, flags are at half staff. >> very polite. very reverent. a very strong sense of duty. >> reporter
instead, he killed seven american cia officers. the bomber was jordanian. hand-delivered to the cia as a trusted informant by an officer who was a member of jordan's royal family. the cia trusted the informant enough to let him visit the camp multiple times. >> you're talking about an institutional nightmare. because this was a recruited agent who was invited onto this base. somebody they trusted that proved fatal. >> reporter: fatal for americans like jeremy wise. his family...
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. >>> overseas to pakistan this morning where some residents who helped the cia find osama bin laden have been arrested. among those taken into custody by pakistani agents is the owner of a safe house rented by the cia to observe bin laden's compound. a pakistani army major was also taken into custody. what's next for those arrested isn't known. >>> amtrak is implementing new high-tech security measures after osama bin laden's journals revealed plans to attack america's rail system. the head of amtrak's police force told congress they're working with the tsa and other agencies to improve security equipment. and reinforce employee awareness programs but says the system will remain free and open. >>> in iowa a rail disaster may have been averted thanked to a sharp eyed worker. someone tampers with a switch box hoping to derail a train. they notified authorities. >>> in southern louisiana a dramatic fiery scene. take a look at this chemical plant burning after a series of explosions. now, they don't know what caused the blast just yet but the plant's entire staff was accounted for. nobo
. >>> overseas to pakistan this morning where some residents who helped the cia find osama bin laden have been arrested. among those taken into custody by pakistani agents is the owner of a safe house rented by the cia to observe bin laden's compound. a pakistani army major was also taken into custody. what's next for those arrested isn't known. >>> amtrak is implementing new high-tech security measures after osama bin laden's journals revealed plans to attack america's rail...
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officials say became a cia spy and defected last year. in this video, posted by the iranian government, amyrrhi says he was kidnapped, drugged and tortured by the cia. in this video, posted by the cia on the same day, amyrrhi says he is happily living in the u.s. the behind the scenes intrigue of how these two dueling videos of the defector came to be on youtube has never been told until tonight. it is a 21st century version of the life long-confronted by spies and defectors. >> if you're a connecter it's a very complicated process you're going through. you're leaving one life, entering another. your reality is going to change. and your sanity is going to be sorely tested. >> reporter: u.s. officials say shaw raw amiri was an important spy ford cia. a valued scientist who provided current information from inside the iranian nuclear program. amiri helped to confirm a second secret iranian nuclear facility outside the city of qoh. amiri also provided evidence that contrary to what american intelligence had concluded in 2007, iran's weaponiz
officials say became a cia spy and defected last year. in this video, posted by the iranian government, amyrrhi says he was kidnapped, drugged and tortured by the cia. in this video, posted by the cia on the same day, amyrrhi says he is happily living in the u.s. the behind the scenes intrigue of how these two dueling videos of the defector came to be on youtube has never been told until tonight. it is a 21st century version of the life long-confronted by spies and defectors. >> if you're...
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he promised to tell congress every time the cia plans to target and kill terrorists. >> if the cia was involved in any illegal activity, i would make sure this committee had that information. >> after the hearing, dine feinstein called for more openness about drone strikes. the senator says lawmakers may set up a special court to regulate those strikes. >>> outgoing secretary leon panetta revealed the first time there was a plan in place to arm rebels in syria. but that plan was vetoed by the white house, over worries the weapons might fall into the wrong hands. more than 650 people have died in the civil war. >>> coming up on this friday morning, the latest on the blizzard watch in the northeast. a storm that's on the move right now. >>> and then, did facebook break the internet. a software buzz last night left millions seeing error messages. >>> and the good news here at abc. robin roberts' return, now just a few days away. >>> and wel come back. there is more evidence this morning of a recovery in the jobs market. the number of americans filing new applications for unemployment bene
he promised to tell congress every time the cia plans to target and kill terrorists. >> if the cia was involved in any illegal activity, i would make sure this committee had that information. >> after the hearing, dine feinstein called for more openness about drone strikes. the senator says lawmakers may set up a special court to regulate those strikes. >>> outgoing secretary leon panetta revealed the first time there was a plan in place to arm rebels in syria. but that...
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obama has implied he'd prefer not to prosecute cia agents for their interrogation activities and he says he is leaving the investigation up to the attorney general. >>> and now that the president is back in washington after his vacation he'll be jumping back into health care reform. congress continues work on several proposals when it returns next week. in a "washington post" editorial bob dole says mr. obama should make his own reform proposal instead of being the cheerleader in chief for various house bills. >>> in japan a power shift is taking place. voters have backed candidates from the opposition democratic party in parliamentary elections. the party's leader yukio hatoyama is almost certain to be their prime minister and faces series problems including their stalled economy and record high unemployment. >>> here at home georgia investigators say they need help in their investigation of a mass murder. seven people were found dead in a mobile home saturday mornimorning and an eighth died from wounds at the scene. a $25,000 reward is being offered. one man is under arrest for alleged
obama has implied he'd prefer not to prosecute cia agents for their interrogation activities and he says he is leaving the investigation up to the attorney general. >>> and now that the president is back in washington after his vacation he'll be jumping back into health care reform. congress continues work on several proposals when it returns next week. in a "washington post" editorial bob dole says mr. obama should make his own reform proposal instead of being the...
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. >> reporter: the report card does praise the fbi and the cia for finally working together. and credits them with disrupting many plots and bringing to justice many terrorist operatives. the most recenen example? the killing earlier this month of al qaeda's number two man in pakistan, who abc news has learned was the main contact between osama bin laden and the al qaeda network. terry? >> still, a lot of work to do. thank you, brian, for that report. >>> well, just ahead, we'll turn what would you say is the number one dessert in american restaurants? we're going to go to the source. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and powerful devices like the motorola photon 4g. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? vis
. >> reporter: the report card does praise the fbi and the cia for finally working together. and credits them with disrupting many plots and bringing to justice many terrorist operatives. the most recenen example? the killing earlier this month of al qaeda's number two man in pakistan, who abc news has learned was the main contact between osama bin laden and the al qaeda network. terry? >> still, a lot of work to do. thank you, brian, for that report. >>> well, just ahead,...
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the war on terror will retire from the army today from there he will become the next director of the cia and what job takes effect september 6th. >>> president obama will be in the rose garden urging congress to pass clean extension of the service transportation bill and faa reaugustation. in doing so according to mr. obama, it will protect american jobs and he is going to discuss the need to further invest in the u.s. infrastructure. >>> don't drink the soda. that's the message coming from the center for the science and public interest and health departments. thr announcing a campaign edge -- they are announcing a campaign to encourage consumeers to reduce consumption of soda. >>> a health warning for those looking to travel to asia. why the world health offerings says the bird flu may be back. and a family in pennsylvania is mourning the loss of two members. what happened to a father and son on the same night. plus, the flood zone from new jersey to new hampshire. we will look at the impact of hurricane irene and what it's doing to businesses and homes along the eastern seaboard ahead
the war on terror will retire from the army today from there he will become the next director of the cia and what job takes effect september 6th. >>> president obama will be in the rose garden urging congress to pass clean extension of the service transportation bill and faa reaugustation. in doing so according to mr. obama, it will protect american jobs and he is going to discuss the need to further invest in the u.s. infrastructure. >>> don't drink the soda. that's the...
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and it talks about a cia 3,000-man covert army operating in afghanistan. and it says it has intelligence that afghan president, hamid karzai, suffers from manic depression. it also says that president obama also takes politics into account, as he sets that withdrawal deadline for next july. he says in the book, a deadline is needed because, quote, he can't lose the whole democratic party. this is all based on "new york times" reporting on that advanced copy of the book. all this, just breaking this morning. so far, no comment from the white house. rob and vinita? >> certainly some interesting details. emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. >>> and more shakeup at the white house. president obama's top economic adviser is now stepping down. larry summers plans to leave the white house and return to harvard at the end of the year. summers is the third high-profile economic adviser to leave in recent months. his departure gives the president an opportunity to reshape the economic team, which has been under fire for its handling of the economic r
and it talks about a cia 3,000-man covert army operating in afghanistan. and it says it has intelligence that afghan president, hamid karzai, suffers from manic depression. it also says that president obama also takes politics into account, as he sets that withdrawal deadline for next july. he says in the book, a deadline is needed because, quote, he can't lose the whole democratic party. this is all based on "new york times" reporting on that advanced copy of the book. all this, just...
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the attack killed seven cia employees. the taliban claimed responsibility, it says the man was an afghan soldier. >>> as thousands more troops poured into afghanistan last year, 2009 was a deadly year. deaths doubled from 151 in 2008 to 304 in 2009. >>> a federal judge has thrown out the charges against five former blackwater employees that security guards, private security guards were charged in iraq that left 17 iraqis dead. the judge said that the justice department mishandled stages made by those guards. >>> and north korea is making a new year's resolution to end hostile relations with the united states. with the papers representing the communist and the youth militia. the statement could mean at that north correspondiakoreans rejoi. >>> pope benedict celebrated new year's day mass at st. peter's basilica at the vatican. >>> and radio talk show host rush limbaugh remains in the hospital in honolulu, hawaii, this morning after suffering chest pains. there's month word when the conservative icon might be discharged. he
the attack killed seven cia employees. the taliban claimed responsibility, it says the man was an afghan soldier. >>> as thousands more troops poured into afghanistan last year, 2009 was a deadly year. deaths doubled from 151 in 2008 to 304 in 2009. >>> a federal judge has thrown out the charges against five former blackwater employees that security guards, private security guards were charged in iraq that left 17 iraqis dead. the judge said that the justice department...
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not made a decision yet about arming the libyan rebels. >>> and there are reports this morning that cia operatives are already on the ground in libya. agency officers are said to have assisted in rescuing one of the two crew members of an f-15 that crashed last week. the cia helped safely recover the fighter jets weapons specialist first picked up by rebels. >>> in texas this morning a gang-related shooting at a houston high school has killed one person. several others were hurt when gunfire erupted during a powder puff football game last night. witnesses say a car drove onto the field and several people got out and started shooting. >>> also in houston, the owner of a day care center where four children died in a fire has now been charged with murder. police say jessica tata was out shopping when the fatal fire broke out last month. she's scheduled to be arraigned on new murder charges this morning. >>> turning to japan's nuclear crisis, new concerns this morning about the size of the so-called exclusion zone there. residents within 12 miles of that crippled plant have been told to eva
not made a decision yet about arming the libyan rebels. >>> and there are reports this morning that cia operatives are already on the ground in libya. agency officers are said to have assisted in rescuing one of the two crew members of an f-15 that crashed last week. the cia helped safely recover the fighter jets weapons specialist first picked up by rebels. >>> in texas this morning a gang-related shooting at a houston high school has killed one person. several others were...
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half the cia in washington, the other half on this island. and then i started speaking with a couple of writing buddies of mine, i said, it's just too broad, too big, too spread out. so we decided to cut the cia off, just keep eric roberts, put it all on an island. when you do a lot of writing, it's all about rewriting. it's never done the first time, as you know. >> jimmy: i don't know. we just go with whatever's easiest, we go right with. >> much the top of his head. [ applause ] you thought it was just genius. >> jimmy: i love that movie. i loved every second. i swear to god. it is nonstop and it's like a "we are the world." you brought all the stars together. >> they -- it's a rough group. it's one of those things where you don't want to give anyone a direction because he will snap you in half. >> jimmy: who of those guys in real life do you think is the toughest of all the guys? i mean, randy couture who is five-time world champion and seriously, i swear to you, i used to hate to say action, because i knew somebody was going to get hurt.
half the cia in washington, the other half on this island. and then i started speaking with a couple of writing buddies of mine, i said, it's just too broad, too big, too spread out. so we decided to cut the cia off, just keep eric roberts, put it all on an island. when you do a lot of writing, it's all about rewriting. it's never done the first time, as you know. >> jimmy: i don't know. we just go with whatever's easiest, we go right with. >> much the top of his head. [ applause ]...
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but the cia says he defected. brian ross this morning. >> reporter: today, the cia lost one of its most-valuable former spips an iranian nuclear scientist, who defected to the u.s. but now is on his way home to tehran, after a messy and public redefection. the iranian defector left washington late last night on a flight to the middle east, en route to iran. after more than a year in custody, he now claim hess never really defected. he was kidnapped, drugs and tortured by the cia. a charge the u.s. flatly denies. >> mr. amiri has been in the united states of his own free will. and he is free to go. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell abc news that amiri defected in the spring of 2009, after working for several years as a spy for the cia inside the iranian nuclear program. but officials say after amiri was relocated to tucson, arizona, he began to have second thoughts. with videos posted on youtube, amiri changed his story three times. first, he told arriranian tv, h had been kidnapped. then, a cia-produced video, amir
but the cia says he defected. brian ross this morning. >> reporter: today, the cia lost one of its most-valuable former spips an iranian nuclear scientist, who defected to the u.s. but now is on his way home to tehran, after a messy and public redefection. the iranian defector left washington late last night on a flight to the middle east, en route to iran. after more than a year in custody, he now claim hess never really defected. he was kidnapped, drugs and tortured by the cia. a charge...
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it's caused general petraeus his job at the cia. american's top commander in afghanistan under investigation. we're going to show you, tampa socialite jill kelly on tuesday. it all started with her. there's so many questions about her claims. we're going to hear about her 911 call, where she asked for diplomatic protection. >> so much to talk about. >>> breaking, new details on the millionaire software titan at the target of a massive manhunt. our reporter tried to track him down at his home in belize. and the new phone call in which he's defending himself now. >> strange story there. >>> and here, have you seen this video? this woman made headlines for driving around a school bus when it stopped to pick up kids. now, she is forced to hold up this sign. and we'll talk about it this morning. >> punishment. >>> let's get right to our reporters working through the night to get the latest on that washington sex scandal, now going in so many directions. abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, starts us off. good morni
it's caused general petraeus his job at the cia. american's top commander in afghanistan under investigation. we're going to show you, tampa socialite jill kelly on tuesday. it all started with her. there's so many questions about her claims. we're going to hear about her 911 call, where she asked for diplomatic protection. >> so much to talk about. >>> breaking, new details on the millionaire software titan at the target of a massive manhunt. our reporter tried to track him down...
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>>> has the cia kept secrets from congress? the agency known for its covert operations could soon spark a congressional investigation. the director of the cia has told some in congress that former vice president dick cheney ordered the agency to keep a counterterrorism program under wraps. democrats are calling for investigations into both cheney and the agency. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the project itself was an attempt to carry out a presidential authorization to capture or kill al qaeda operatives. >> they have a massive program that is concealed from the leaders in congress, it is not only inappropriate, it could be illegal. >> the former vice president's confidantes say the agency did not need to brief congress because the program never made it off the ground. >>> after a day of opening statements, tomorrow the real work begins on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. republican senators have made it clear that she will face tough questions on everything from her past statements to court rulings. terry o
>>> has the cia kept secrets from congress? the agency known for its covert operations could soon spark a congressional investigation. the director of the cia has told some in congress that former vice president dick cheney ordered the agency to keep a counterterrorism program under wraps. democrats are calling for investigations into both cheney and the agency. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the project itself was an attempt to carry out a presidential...
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the cia never got a positive identification of bin laden. they saw someone in the compound they nicknamed tracer or pacer, rather. they never identified him. nor were they able to actually get his voice, record his voice. that goes to show you how well hidden he was in this compound. and also, how well-disciplined he was. the fact is, he never left the compound and risked any kind of exposure. elizabeth? george? >> all right, nick. thanks so much. we'll have much or on osama bin laden on a special "20/20." that's at 10:00, 9:00 central. a lot more on the cia effort to spy onned bin laden. >> he was so careful. >> incredibly disciplined. five years, living essentially in two rooms. >>> later today, president obama will travel to ft. campbell, kentucky, to personally congr congratulate the members of the navy s.e.a.l. team that took out bin laden. jake tapper is down in ft. campbell. jake, this is something of a victory lap for the president. he is already starting to see some political benefits. >> reporter: that's correct, george. he's seein
the cia never got a positive identification of bin laden. they saw someone in the compound they nicknamed tracer or pacer, rather. they never identified him. nor were they able to actually get his voice, record his voice. that goes to show you how well hidden he was in this compound. and also, how well-disciplined he was. the fact is, he never left the compound and risked any kind of exposure. elizabeth? george? >> all right, nick. thanks so much. we'll have much or on osama bin laden on...
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cia staffers convicted overseas. >> clearly we broke the law and we're paying for the mistakes right now. >>> then, fatal flaws. tough questions about tracking convicted sex offenders after an unforgettable crime in cleveland. >>> and, frugal fatigue. the spending cutbacks during the recession. what's reviving shoppers' psyches? it's thursday, november 5th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. we thought we'd get right to the stories this morning. thanks for being with us, i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> we begin with an extraordinary courtroom scene unfolding in italy. 23 americans have been convicted for their roles in the kidnapping of a suspected terrorist. >> while human rights groups hail the verdict the pentagon says it is disappointed. here's our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: former cia officer sabrina desousa was in new york with her lawyer when she got the news on her blackberry she had been convicted in italy and sentenced to five years in prison. she now admits the kidnapping was wrong. >> clearly we broke a
cia staffers convicted overseas. >> clearly we broke the law and we're paying for the mistakes right now. >>> then, fatal flaws. tough questions about tracking convicted sex offenders after an unforgettable crime in cleveland. >>> and, frugal fatigue. the spending cutbacks during the recession. what's reviving shoppers' psyches? it's thursday, november 5th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. we thought we'd get right to the...
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a special task force set up on the grounds of cia headquarters is working 24/7. >> what they need to find is, who did he pass this information off to? who were the trusted agents who were expected to execute his intent? >> reporter: one reason there is so much concern is that analysts pouring over the bin laden files have found a number of references indicating he was pushing his organization to launch an attack on u.s. soil on or before the tenth anniversary of 9/11. officials emphasize that no specific plot has been uncovered. but some analysts are worried that such a plot may already be in motion. the reason? al qaeda attacks typically are months in the making. 9/11 took more than two years to conceive and execute. now, it's a race against time to figure out if the bin laden files were simply his as for rations or did someone in the field decide to put his murderous dreams in motion? for "nightline," i'm pierre thomas in washington. >> it is a story we will continue to follow closely. >>> and finally tonight, a mug shot has been released of troubled imf chief dominique strauss-kah
a special task force set up on the grounds of cia headquarters is working 24/7. >> what they need to find is, who did he pass this information off to? who were the trusted agents who were expected to execute his intent? >> reporter: one reason there is so much concern is that analysts pouring over the bin laden files have found a number of references indicating he was pushing his organization to launch an attack on u.s. soil on or before the tenth anniversary of 9/11. officials...
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he gained the trust of the cia but had ties to the taliban and pakistan. the attack is raising questions whether terror groups in the ring jor are shifting their strategy. martha raddatz reports from jordan. >> reporter: jordanian officials are saying little about the cia bombing. of course that was carried out by a man who had lived in jordan and was working with jordanian intelligence. but there is growing concern here else and-where that al qaeda is changing its tactics. going after smaller, yet deadly attacks instead of a large catastrophic event. that certainly was the case with the attempted christmas day bombing and then the cia bombing just days later. and of course al qaeda is now far more spread out, as we saw in yemen, in pakistan, afghanistan and the horn of africa. lou kofman, an expert on terrorism, said al qaeda is looking at "death by a thousand cuts" and that the country's intelligence agencies are not prepared for that. >> martha raddatz reporting. abc's diane sawyer is in afghanistan where she'll be anchoring "world news" the next two ni
he gained the trust of the cia but had ties to the taliban and pakistan. the attack is raising questions whether terror groups in the ring jor are shifting their strategy. martha raddatz reports from jordan. >> reporter: jordanian officials are saying little about the cia bombing. of course that was carried out by a man who had lived in jordan and was working with jordanian intelligence. but there is growing concern here else and-where that al qaeda is changing its tactics. going after...
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she stars as a cia agent who may or may not be a russian spy. >> so the name of the russian agent is salt. >> my name is evelyn salt. >> then you are a russian spy. >> with russian spies very much in the news, the movie seems especially topical. the current headlines, are they going to help the movie, do you think? >> it's bizarre, isn't it? it's been so bizarre for us. two hats. part of me feels as a citizen of a country, you thif, i don't want anything to affect our new positive relationship with russia. the other part of me is somebody who is in a film, thinks, my god, what timing. >> her timing has to be perfect as she launches herself off buildings, down elevator shafts and even on to the roof of a moving truck. are the stunts as dangerous as they look? >> because i have six children, i would never do something that could kill me but there were things that could have broken my arm or broken my leg or that kind a thing. >> so you'll take a measured dang danger? >> i will, yeah. >> did you get hurt? >> not on the trucks. i got hurt in the most ridiculous way. i went -- so embarras
she stars as a cia agent who may or may not be a russian spy. >> so the name of the russian agent is salt. >> my name is evelyn salt. >> then you are a russian spy. >> with russian spies very much in the news, the movie seems especially topical. the current headlines, are they going to help the movie, do you think? >> it's bizarre, isn't it? it's been so bizarre for us. two hats. part of me feels as a citizen of a country, you thif, i don't want anything to affect...
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but officials say it was developed by the cia overseas, described both as unconfirmed but also specific and credible. u.s. officials say tonight the plot was initiated by al qaeda's new leader, ahman al zawahiri. officials tell abc news the plot involved three individuals, including at least one who is a u.s. citizen. the officials say the plot involves some kind of vehicle bomb who aimed for september 10th or 12th with either new york or washington as the target. the three reportedly traveled from pakistan to the u.s. in mid-august. >>al qaeda central in afghanistan and pakistan is probably down to a few hundred people. but it doesn't take many people to do this kind of attack. >> reporter: in new york's times square tonight there was no obvious show of an advanced police presence beyond what the normally there. but the mayor and the police commissioner said the credible but uncorroborated threat would require significant security across the city. >> we do live in a world where we must takekehese threats seriously and we will. >> the public is likely to see and maybe some what inconven
but officials say it was developed by the cia overseas, described both as unconfirmed but also specific and credible. u.s. officials say tonight the plot was initiated by al qaeda's new leader, ahman al zawahiri. officials tell abc news the plot involved three individuals, including at least one who is a u.s. citizen. the officials say the plot involves some kind of vehicle bomb who aimed for september 10th or 12th with either new york or washington as the target. the three reportedly traveled...
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and last night, we learned that the cia met with the suspect's father. the information was shared with the counterterrorism community. but it's not clear why more urgency wasn't assigned to the case. >> there was information that could have and should have been pieced together. >> reporter: while the president was taking aim at the flaws in the agencies that report to him. political shots were firing at mr. obama and security napolitano. >> her comments that there was no evidence of a wider conspiracy is just wrong. >> i'm not sure she has the ability to organize that agency, to make sure we're secure. >> reporter: but administration officials called such calls as standard washington fair. and the president stated full confidence in napolitano. and democrats accused republicans of blocking president obama's attempt at a transportation security chief. republicans said senate majority leader harry reid, had decided to play politics with the critical nomination. michael chertoff, napolitano's predecessor said democrats and republicans should stop bickering.
and last night, we learned that the cia met with the suspect's father. the information was shared with the counterterrorism community. but it's not clear why more urgency wasn't assigned to the case. >> there was information that could have and should have been pieced together. >> reporter: while the president was taking aim at the flaws in the agencies that report to him. political shots were firing at mr. obama and security napolitano. >> her comments that there was no...
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this morning the cia and its bush era anti-terror actions are facing multiple investigations. the most important comes from the justice department where sources say attorney general eric holder is likely to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether cia interrogators broke the law and tortured captured terrorists. and democrats on capitol hill say they'll investigate the cia's failure to inform congress about a secret program that went into the planningg stages shorty after the september 11th attacks. the chairman of the senate intelligence committee says cia director leon panetta placed the blame on former vice president cheney for the decision not to tell congress about the program. there is no comment yet from mr. cheney, but hissal lies say the cia did not have to tell congress about it because the program never got beyond the planning stage. david? >> all right. much more to come on this for sure. jon karl, thanks. >>> north korea's secretive leader is reportedly battling pancreatic cancer. at a rare public appearance kim jong-il appeared thinner than usual last
this morning the cia and its bush era anti-terror actions are facing multiple investigations. the most important comes from the justice department where sources say attorney general eric holder is likely to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether cia interrogators broke the law and tortured captured terrorists. and democrats on capitol hill say they'll investigate the cia's failure to inform congress about a secret program that went into the planningg stages shorty after the...
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dennis blair testified before a house committee wednesday, a day after he along with the heads of the cia and f.b.i. declared than an attempted terror attack on the u.s. homeland in the next six months was concern. the f.b.i. has been looking at travel records from africa to determine if other operatives have made their way into the u.s.. >>> well, protect this house has a whole new meaning tonight in terms of maryland business. could underarmor be heading west? >>> and a tragedy against all odds. instead of hitting a jackpot, two casino patrons are killed. . >>> and you know we're getting set for a wild storm when the national weather service puts out winter storm watch out two days ahead of time. powerful storm, we'll talk about it and see where it is right now, after this. now, the key to a really good family calendar is sticky notes. they come in all colors. pink is for piano lessons, except for when it means pot roast. green is for groceries, girls night out or going to the arc.... yesterday is so yesterday. merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars into one calendar. the pal
dennis blair testified before a house committee wednesday, a day after he along with the heads of the cia and f.b.i. declared than an attempted terror attack on the u.s. homeland in the next six months was concern. the f.b.i. has been looking at travel records from africa to determine if other operatives have made their way into the u.s.. >>> well, protect this house has a whole new meaning tonight in terms of maryland business. could underarmor be heading west? >>> and a...
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the suicide bomber who killed the cia agents left behind a tape about his vegance. are they recruiting more insurgents? are they recruiting more suicide bombers? >> i really think the recruiting of insurgents is done by the insurgency. they do an effective and very energetic propaganda campaign to do that. i think it's not what we do as much as it is the efforts that they make. and it's really an effort of ignorance. it's not well schooled people. >> so it's worth it, what's being done? the numbers of drone attacks are worth it? >> well, i won't comment on those particular operations. you have to look at everything that is done. inside afghanistan, we do a lot of precision operations to take out insurgent leaders. but we also do an awful lot of engagement with the population for development and governance. they're not in opposition. they're actually complimentary. it gives you incredible capabilities. on the other hand, it can't figure out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. they force us to ask new questions about what is proper, about what is right and
the suicide bomber who killed the cia agents left behind a tape about his vegance. are they recruiting more insurgents? are they recruiting more suicide bombers? >> i really think the recruiting of insurgents is done by the insurgency. they do an effective and very energetic propaganda campaign to do that. i think it's not what we do as much as it is the efforts that they make. and it's really an effort of ignorance. it's not well schooled people. >> so it's worth it, what's being...
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the cia tried every idea it could think of to get into the compound. among neighbors the cia. they moved into one of these houses. they even hired this doctor to launch a fake vaccine campaign. but that may have backfired in the long-term, because today they use it to justify their attacks. >> they've had to halt the polio vaccination campaign. this enormous barrier that's come in the decades long effort to eradicate polio is substantial and it's going to take a long time for that to go away. >> reporter: the longer the attacks continue, the larger the risk to millions of children and to women who provide them care. nick schifrin, abc news, london. >>> coming up next, tabu topics, rough language and a bloody tale of revenge. it all describes quentin tarantino's new movie. >> abc's cynthia mcfadden sits down with the stars of this controversial film. it's coming up. >>> maybe you've heard of quinten tarantino's new movie, "django unchained." >> did we mention it's kind of controversial here? >> reporter: it is one of the best reviewed but most controversial movies of the year.
the cia tried every idea it could think of to get into the compound. among neighbors the cia. they moved into one of these houses. they even hired this doctor to launch a fake vaccine campaign. but that may have backfired in the long-term, because today they use it to justify their attacks. >> they've had to halt the polio vaccination campaign. this enormous barrier that's come in the decades long effort to eradicate polio is substantial and it's going to take a long time for that to go...
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and took credit for an attack on a cia base that killed seven cia officers. his death was payback. a cia drone killed him and his family. more than 30 drone strikes this year have helped reduce al qaeda and the taliban's ability to plot attacks. and they've taken away some of their safe havens. >> the intelligence is getting better. they're now no longer capable of depending on the local population to provide them the security and anonymity they need to operate. >> reporter: but the al qaeda number three has been killed multiple times before. and the group has already chosen a successor for al yazid. and that successor is likely already plotting attacks both here and in the west. george? >> nick schifrin, thanks. >>> this is the most senior al qaeda official since president obama took office. let's go to jake tapper at the white house. jake, we've seen from the very beginning of his presidency, barack obama has really stepped up this drone campaign. >> reporter: that's right. they don't talk about it, of course, because it's top-secret, the cia drone campaign. but there's been more
and took credit for an attack on a cia base that killed seven cia officers. his death was payback. a cia drone killed him and his family. more than 30 drone strikes this year have helped reduce al qaeda and the taliban's ability to plot attacks. and they've taken away some of their safe havens. >> the intelligence is getting better. they're now no longer capable of depending on the local population to provide them the security and anonymity they need to operate. >> reporter: but the...